Testing the suitability of frictional behaviour for pyroclastic flow simulation by comparison with a well-constrained eruption at tungurahua volcano (Ecuador)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1075

  Kelfoun, Karim ^a,b   Samaniego, Pablo ^a   Palacios, Pablo ^a   Barba, Diego ^a  

^a ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Pyroclastic flows; Rheology; Tungurahua

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FRICTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; TUNGURAHUA; TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO;

EID: 70350371273     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0286-6     Document Type: Article

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